the wife started the day loading the dehydrator with the meat we sliced and marinaded wed. night.its season with hi mountain hickory and 1/2 the amount of curing salt.then she got me up in my wheelchair for a afternoon of hunting.we got home around 9 unloaded the jerky and packaged.the next project was removing the skin off a pork belly and getting it in the brine for the next 7 days,then itll head to the smoker for 4 hours at 175,our brine we used was 1 1/2 cups kosher salt,8 tablespoons brown suger,1/2 teaspoon ground peppercorn,2 teaspoons curing salt,1 tablespoon hickory smoke powder and 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup